PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fredy Benton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Repa Tiitti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tiitti has chosen AC/DC Back in Black as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Benton
vs
Tiitti

175 cm
30
185 lbs
10 - 4 - 1

182 cm
28
175 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fredy Benton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Repa Tiitti!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Tiitti. Those never looked like landing.
Tiitti tries to bum rush Benton with a series of wild strikes but Benton uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tiitti throws a right and a left that Benton avoids nicely.

Tiitti drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Benton is looking to reverse the position.
Benton is not content to let Tiitti control the position.
Benton trying his best to control but Tiitti has mounted him.
Tiitti throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Tiitti can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Benton is looking to escape.
Benton wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Tiitti.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Benton regains half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Tiitti is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Tiitti is stalling here. Benton is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Tiitti seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Benton has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Tiitti is trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tiitti is pushing Benton's head away, looking to escape. Benton manages to hold on to the position though.
Tiitti is not content to let Benton control the position.
Tiitti struggling a bit here.
Tiitti is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Benton's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Benton sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tiitti defending well though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Benton is trying to control the action in half guard but Tiitti is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Still in half guard, Benton seems content to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiitti wants to get back to full guard.
Benton winds up and cracks Tiitti with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Tiitti is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Benton scores with a couple of nice shots.
Tiitti wants to get back to full guard.
Benton not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Benton thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tiitti's head.

Tiitti actively working from the bottom here.
Benton has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Benton throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Benton passes to full mount!
Tiitti is squirming around, avoiding Benton's attempts to control the action.
Benton working Tiitti over with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benton landing strikes, looking to finish!
We've been hearing that Benton has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Benton trying to control but Tiitti is having none of it.
Benton working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Tiitti tries to hold on but Benton postures up.
Benton cracks Tiitti with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Benton working the ground and pound effectively.
Benton raining down hammerfists from mount.

Tiitti is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fredy Benton dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Benton manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Tiitti on his heels. He'll look to pass Tiitti's guard now, I'm sure.
Tiitti is still in real trouble! Can Benton finish him?
Benton scoring with some ground and pound.
Benton postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Tiitti covers up, he's hurt! Benton keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Benton and the ref steps in to end the fight! Benton can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fredy Benton!